Lots of series 1 Land Rovers on deck of aircraft carrier

[3toes]

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Have passed the photo on to someone else who is going to put it up here for me. Sorry just cannot seem to make it work.

[Cobber]

I look forward to seeing them :cool:

[3toes]

Another go at attaching the photo

[digger]

Poms on the way to Korea?

[shorty943]

That would be my guess too.
But, which carrier?

HMS Terrible perhaps? Better known to us Aussies as HMAS Sydney.
The deck shape and "Hockey Stick" aerials certainly look familiar to me.

Nope, on second thought, we had her already by then and she served in Korean waters under our flag with Anzac.

[3toes]

There is nothing written on the back of the photo so I am unable to help with the where and when.

I had at first thought Suez however they are painted the wrong colour.

Can anyone identify which version of series 1 they are which will at least give a date it cannot be before.

[Avion8]

They look like full grill models with headlights behind the grill, so my guess would be 1949/50. I wonder if they are still in Korea?

[wrinklearthur]

I don't know my flags. Can someone tell me which one that is on the back of the deck?


http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachments/series-i-land-rover-enthusiasts-section/60311d1368306698-lots-series-1-land-rovers-deck-aircraft-carrier-vehicles-carrier-deck-undated-photo-no-notes.jpg
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[101RRS]

That is the RN Naval Ensign.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Actually a number of those are Jeeps and up until 1967 Australia used the British White Ensign on RAN ships.

[series1buff]

Nice pic

The ambulance is a WW2 Austin K2 / Y . The pommes kept these in service for years after WW2 . A batch of them were sent to Aust. during WW2 , and issued to ambulance units in the capital cities, the drivers were women AWAS . A few years back a wreck of one was found in outback NSW . The body on these was a doped canvas skin , on a wooden frame and not many survived intact !

The other trucks are WW2 era OY series Bedfords , 4X2 . Again, the British army had them into the early 1960's, mainly in territorial units - the part time reserve army
Mike

[series1buff]

AWM pics of Austins in NSW training during WW2

[wrinklearthur]

Would there be a ship's manifest showing the cargo carried?